CBS Sports on Jon Daniels' 3 best, worst GM moves

Another guy named Evan with a summary of JD's successes and failures. Expected stuff, except a shot at JD re: his perceived improper behind the scenes handling of The Face, and lukewarm rating of the Hamilton/Volquez trade.

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Crazy

I thought it was Jovanny Cedeno we traded to Milwaukee, who is this Juan Cordero that is listed?

"…although it does kinda show how little faith they have in Cruz, whether that be the org as a whole or just our beloved, bespectacled, kool-lovin’ skipper."

by Ryin A on Jan 11, 2010 5:48 PM EST

by hillcrest on Mar 5, 2011 8:44 PM CST reply actions

I believe it was Julian Cordero.

Jovanny Cedeno was released quite a while before the Milwaukee trade after never rebounding from a torn rotator cuff.

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by NoNameOnCard on Mar 6, 2011 12:11 AM CST up reply actions

Yeah...

I have a problem with those rankings. Imho it should be :

1) The Andrus and Feliz deal

2) The Hamilton deal

3) The Cruz deal.

Honorable mention : The Murphy and Beltre deal.

On the down side I’d say :

1) The Adrian Gonzalez trade

2) The Alex Rodriguez trade

4) The Danks trade

Honorable mention : The MY contract.

"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates

by slc ranger on Mar 6, 2011 7:54 AM CST reply actions

Hmmmm...1,2,4?

"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates

by slc ranger on Mar 6, 2011 7:54 AM CST up reply actions

4 - profit!

Nelson Cruz - 2011 MVP

by t ball on Mar 6, 2011 10:36 AM CST up reply actions

Well

the ARod trade happened on Hart’s watch.

"I wanted to go out there and punch Julio" - Ron Washington

by DJCahill on Mar 6, 2011 8:32 AM CST up reply actions

Ya know...

I’m not sure why I still think of that deal being done by JD, and obviously by the article, I’m not the only one. So yeah, scratch that off the list.

As to 3hacks comment below, I agree with you, I don’t fault JD for that deal. I thought it was a fairly even swap at the time as well. However you can argue with the results. That alone means that deal should be included imo. Win some, lose some. Kinda like the Lee deal where Nellie was just a throw in.

"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates

by slc ranger on Mar 6, 2011 2:07 PM CST up reply actions

I don't fault JD for the talent swap of the Danks trade. It seemed reasonable at the time...

If you assume that the Rangers had a team ready to compete for the division. That was my problem at the time with the trade though – he overestimated the quality of the team in 2007. That, like the Agon trade, seemed to be a mistake of youthful inexperience or overeagerness.

Nothing is close to how bad the Agon trade was, but few GMs have, to quote Charlie Sheen, a bi-winning trade on their resume like the Andrus/Feliz/Harrison trade (I’m a Harrison believer.)

by 3hacks on Mar 6, 2011 9:00 AM CST up reply actions

Yep.

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by LSJ on Mar 6, 2011 9:33 AM CST up reply actions

On the other hand

not all GMs have a bi-losing trade like AGon either. I think the there is a huge contrast between JD and Doug Melvin when he was here. Most of Melvin’s trades were fairly small trades without much of consequence attached. JD pulls out his big swinging dick and unloads huge make or break trades fairly frequently.

"I wanted to go out there and punch Julio" - Ron Washington

by DJCahill on Mar 6, 2011 9:39 AM CST up reply actions